Bloody Jack

L.A. Meyer

Set in the 1700's, the story follows Mary Faber, a young orphan in London who escapes her life on the street by posing as a boy and getting a job on a royal navy ship. She gets in a couple of years of experience before she is discovered. During that time, she makes friends, gets a reputation as Bloody Jack for her participation in boarding a pirate ship, saves the sinking ship from certain doom, and makes everyone extremely wealthy. An easy and fun read, with good research to give us what seems a pretty good picture of life on the seas in the royal navy.

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